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the reverend Mr. John Michell, fellow cf Queen’s 
College, Cambridge. “ I promifed to fend you what 
“ further account I could get from the perfon here, 
<c a glazier by trade, who faw the meteor of the 
“ 26th of November. I walked yederday along 
“ with him to the place where he was when he faw 
“ it, taking with me a quadrant, to meafure fuch 
cc altitudes as he was able to give me from his me- 
“ mory, and a compafs to take the bearing. The 
“ firif appearance, by the account he gave me, was 
,c at lead: 70° high, and it appeared to move diredtly 
“ perpendicularly * ** , till it came down to the horizon, 
“ where it palled between two trees, which he point- 
“ ed out to me : this lad place of its appearance wa 3 
“ 2 3 0 wed of the north from the place where he 
“ dood ; and, as we were at lead a mile aidant 
“ from the trees, I believe you may depend upon that 
4C bearing to a degree or two at mod. The whole 
“ time of the appearance was (as near as my informer 
can guefs), as long as he diould be in walking near 
“ 400 yards; but in this, 1 imagine, he is fomewhat 
“ deceived, as I think I can colled!, both from his 
tc own account of it, and that of another perfon who 
<c was with him, the time was much fhorter. The 
ic head, which went foremod (PlateVII. Fig . 1.) 
<c was, by the defcription, of a bright white, like 
“ iron, when almod of a melting heat ; but it emit- 
* In a. fecond letter, Mr. Michell fays, “ He afked the obferver 
** feveral times, whether the direction of the meteor did not vary 
c4 to the right or left ; and that he had allured him, that, accord-* 
“ ing to the belt of his judgment, it appeared to move exactly per- 
« pendicularly ; whence it mult have crofled the meridian in the 
“■ zenith, and moved in a great circle with regard to Cambridge.” 
“ ted 
